This study analyzed the university professors’ recognition for instructional methods and professors’ competences of future universities based on 4 th industrial revolution. To do these, 118 university professors around the country were surveyed. Results indicated that while 73.7% of the respondents agreed to diversify instructional methods of universities, 85.6% of them agreed on the necessity of changing the role of university professors. Specifically, professors from KNOU, professors from the faculty of Social Science, and professors aged from 50 to 60 who had served for over 20 years agreed to introduce some instructional methods (eg, MOOC and mobile-based micro learning) to universities at a higher level than others. Besides, while professors from the faculty of Humanities and female professors agreed on ‘facilitator competence’ at a higher level than ones from the faculty Science & Engineering and male professors, professors aged from 50 to 60 who had served for over 20 years agreed to ‘curator competence’ at a higher level than ones aged from 30 to 40 for 5-10 years.